the former

Cambridge & Suffolk Jewish Community (Hama'ayan)

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

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Congregation Data
Name	Cambridge & Suffolk Jewish Community
Alternative Name	Hama'ayan
Address	101 Perseway, Cambridge CB4 3SB⁽ⁱ⁾
Date Formed:	About 2005⁽ⁱⁱ⁾
Current Status:	The congregation was discontinued in about 2007⁽ⁱⁱⁱ⁾
Ritual:	Ashkenazi Orthodox^(iv)
Affiliation:	The congregation appears to have been unaffiliated, although it recognised the "rulings of the Beth Din of the Federation of Synagogues, London".^(v)
Ministers:	None listed
Former Charitable Status:	The congregation was a registered charity (number 1111197), Cambridge & Suffolk Jewish Community (Hama'ayan) registered on 6 September 2005 and removed from the register on 22 January 2015 on grounds that it had "ceased to exist".^(vi)
Additional Facilities	The congregation had its own nursery and mikvah.
Registration District:	Cambridgeshire (since 1 October 2007)^(vii) - Link to Register Office website
Notes & Sources (↵ returns to text above) (i) This was the address stated the Jewish Year Books 2007 and 2008 (the only years when the congregation was listed) ↵ (ii) This was the year in which the congregation was registered as a charity. ↵ (ii) Based upon this being the last year in which the congregation was listed in Jewish Year Books. ↵ (iv) The charitable objects (for registration , see below) including "... advancing the Jewish religion as defined in the Shulkhan Aruch including holding prayer services according to Askkenazi ritual and custom...". ↵ (v) As stated in the congregation's charitable objects (for registration, see below). ↵ (vi) Charities Commission's website (in beta trial stage), accessed 17 July 2019. ↵ (vii) For previous registration districts, see on Cambridge Home Page. Any registers would now be held by the current register office. ↵

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Page created: 27 August 2007
Page most recently amended: 17 July 2019

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